So, if it was a bit of football memorabilia - an F.A. cup match ball, signed and certified, what would the price difference be over the identical ball straight from the factory/retailer? I'd venture that it would be a tad more than 200%, no?
Actually Mike there is a trillion dollar Zimbabwe note, they sell for about £40 on eBay, what doesn't end up on eBay, people will sell their old socks on there it seems to me.Now where are my 5,000,000 Turkish lira notes!
This rod appears to be a bit like Triggers broom original apart from replaced eyes and a broken repaired top section. If we assume that the rod was 10ft to start there’s also a bit missing.
I agree - if you take collecting too seriously, you end up thinking of yourself as a curator, and the stuff you own ends up owning you. And once the responsibility has killed you, the collection gets auctioned and broken up anyway; unless you've carefully catalogued it all, all the context and historic significance is lost.
Which begs the question: where should special examples of angling memorabilia be curated, and by whom?
Our "National Representative Organisation" hasn't exactly distinguished itself in respect of caring for our sporting history, has it (i.e. losing the archived details of all the "All England" National Championships)?
steve2;1434 Don’t forget that on top of what ever is paid there is another 35% to add to the bill. So you could be looking at over £8000. I will stick to my bits of carbon.[/QUOTE said:The buyers commission is 15%+vat in this sale not 35%?
If it fetches £6000 the final bill will be 6000x15%=900+vat@20%=180 the vat is only charged on the commission.
Final price £7080...